The ravine is an architecture: an atlas to rediscover the role of the ravines and their potential as territorial structures in the metropolis of guatemala
This essay is developed from the analysis of the ravines in Guatemala and how have they structured our cities since pre-colonial times. Ravines contain a great biodiversity, contribute water to the territory and help to regulate temperatures, nevertheless they have never been valued for their benefits, but rather are identified as residual, dividing, problematic and dangerous spaces, therefore the society that inhabits them has never developed an identity with the landscape. The objective of this research is to visibilize the ravines of Guatemala City in order to rediscover their role as ecotones and socio-environmental devices. To achieve this, the work proposes a change of record of their negative conception through the intentional review of their values by methodologically developing an Atlas, seeking an historical, ecosystemic and social understanding to conceive them as a structuring entity of the territory.El presente ensayo se desarrolla del análisis de los barrancos en Guatemala y como estos han estructurado morfológicamente nuestras ciudades desde épocas precoloniales. Los barrancos contienen una gran biodiversidad, aportan hídricamente a los territorios y ayudan a regular las temperaturas, sin embargo, históricamente sus beneficios han sido poco valorados ya que se les identifica como espacios residuales, divisorios, problemáticos y peligrosos, evitando así que la sociedad que los habita desarrolle una identidad con el paisaje. El objetivo de esta investigación es visibilizar a los barrancos de la Ciudad de Guatemala para poder redescubrir su rol como ecotonos y dispositivos socioambientales. Para lograrlo, se propone el cambio de registro de su concepción negativa a través de la revisión intencionada de sus valores y elaborando metodológicamente un Atlas, buscando así una comprensión histórica, ecosistémica y social para reinterpretarlos como un ente estructurador del territorio.Peer Reviewe
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